Two Indian American doctors honoured with professorships by Kansas Cancer Center

Prateek Sharma, MD, professor of medicine and director of GI Fellowship Training at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, was invested with the Elaine Blaylock Cancer Research Professorship. Dr Prateek Sharma is a renowned gastroenterologist and scientist focusing on esophageal diseases, including cancer.

Currently, he is president-elect of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, serves as chair of the Esophageal Committee of the World Endoscopy Organization and chairs the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy artificial intelligence task force.

Both professorships are appointed positions made by Roy Jensen, MD, vice chancellor and director of The University of Kansas Cancer Center.“

Dr Priyanka and Prateek Sharma are outstanding leaders and experts in their respective fields,” Dr Jensen said. “Through these endowed chairs, both can pursue more innovative ideas and create more interdisciplinary collaborations leading to advances in cancer care.”

“Through these endowed chairs, both can pursue more innovative ideas and create more inter-disciplinary collaborations leading to advances in cancer care,” he added. 

The University of Kansas Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center in the region, and one of only 53 in the nation, to receive this elite distinction.